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Why India banned all Chinese apps?

The government of India banned 59 Chinese mobile applications, including top social media platforms to counter the threat posed by these applications to the country’s “power and security,” . The Chinese apps and products have been blocked amid rising tensions between India and China clashes at the border.

Here is the complete list of China banned app:-

1. Tik Tok

The government of India said the applications are engaged in activities “harmful to power and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.” The ban has been imposed under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009.
People said, these apps have been there for a long time, and there are some privacy and security issues with them including risks of data going out of the country,” .

Legally Sounds

Analysts said the move will impact the Chinese apps.
“From a tactical perspective, it puts enormous economic pressure because these apps were heavily reliant on Indian markets. From a legal perspective, it is sound because grounds like national security are difficult to challenge in a court of law,” said Santosh Pai, partner at Link Legal, who tracks Chinese investments in the country. “If this is going to be the new state of affairs, we need to see whether Indian apps will fulfil the need or American apps will take market share.”
Investors in Indian social apps say that competition will come down due to the ban on Chinese apps.
“The competitive threat will go down. But a lot of apps in India are inspired by the deft engineering of Chinese apps. Overall the ecosystem's ingenuity will slow down,” said Deepak Gupta, founding partner at WEH Ventures, which has invested in Indian video blogging platform Trell.

Read more:- https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-bans-chinese-apps-impact-explained-6482150/lite/